Ok Howell.
Obviously doing my own resolv.conf by hand means calling tds for their
nameservers.
as to the second option, configuring so my nameservers are pulled down, how do i
do that? Actually, I didn't tell the programs to do anything; I installed
dhcpcd, added the auto line to /etc/network/interfaces, and off I went. I don't
think the debian system asked me any questions.
Thanks.
Cheryl